Law Internship, Hansford & Deckert

Hansford & Deckert LLP is a boutique, Chicago-based law firm. H&D was founded with the mission of bringing big-law competency to the client’s doorstep. We are looking for motivated interns with strong communication, writing, and research skills. Both of the firm’s founding partners are passionate about offering undergraduates the opportunity to obtain real exposure to the practice of law. Although students will work on projects for clients in the Chicago area, they will be based in the Champaign office and NOT expected to travel to Chicago.

Interns will be exposed to legal research (LexisAdvance) and ongoing client matters.  Additionally, interns will also be allowed to sit in on client meetings and participate in client engagement.

This internship requires enrollment (upon receipt of the internship) in ENGL 199-INT, the Internship Seminar: an online one-credit, eight-week class that meets in the second half of the fall semester. The internship will begin before the course does.

Application materials:

  • unofficial transcript: there is no GPA requirement
  • one-page writing sample: copy and paste one page of any recent writing sample of your choosing
  • cover letter: please provide a cover letter detailing your interest in a career in law

Website: www.law-hd.com.

Please send all application materials to jdeckert@law-hd.com by Friday, August 31, 5pm.

Time to Get Your Krannert Tickets!

Tickets for the Krannert Center’s 2018 – 2019 season are now on sale. This amazing resource is on our Illinois English/CW bucket list for good reason.

 

Student tickets are $10. Sometimes they’re less, but never more. That’s for every performance, including international headlining performers like Tig Notaro, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (even if you live in Chicago, you will never see them this cheaply), Savion Glover, Itzak Perlman, and the Russian National Ballet Theater.

There’s lots coming up for the literary-at-heart! The multimedia No Blue Memories — the Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (created with the help of our own Rare Book and Manuscript Library), Virago Man-Dem (Prof. Cynthia Oliver’s exploration of African-American and Caribbean masculinities), and Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw (recounting Continue reading “Time to Get Your Krannert Tickets!”

PSA: How to Cast Your Vote in 2018 (UPDATED)

Whatever your political leanings, 2018 is going to be an important election year. Pollsters, pundits, and politicians all make assumptions about what college students will do in the votiing booth (including not showing up at all). If you are eligible, the only way to make your vote say what you mean is to cast it.

Here’s a post on the question, should college students vote at home or at college?

Here’s a FAQ specifically on registering to vote in Illinois.

Here’s a link to register in Champaign County (if you choose to register here where you go to college).

The Democratic and Republican primaries for 2018 are on March 20 in Illinois, which is during spring break. If you choose to register in Champaign County but go home for break, you will need to vote by mail (click for instructions on how to do it) or early (click for details).

Early primary voting has already begun at various county locations. It WILL be available on campus during the week before Spring break: Illini Union – Room 213, 1401 West Green Street, Urbana – Map external link

  • Tuesday, March 13 through Friday, March 16: 10:00am – 6:00pm
  • Saturday, March 17: 10:00am – 1:00pm
  • Sunday, March 18: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
  • Monday, March 19: 10:00am – 6:00pm

Don’t feel like you know about the issues to vote? You have time to fix that. Lots of people want you make responsible and well-informed voting decisions!